Game Information

Berwick

(no catalog number shown on game)

"A Berwick Game" in red & green on a yellow scroll

[title TARGET
TIDDLYWINKS]

[logo A
Berwick
Game]

Left archer is shooting through winks each with a letter from "TARGET" at the archery target at right; yellow pot; outer target area worth 2 points

tiddlywinks

(no rules present in games examined)

5¾ inches wide — 5⅝ inches high — 1⅝ inches deep

14.6 cm wide — 14.3 cm high — 4.1 cm deep

Wraparound label. Blue border. Left and right depict archers with bows, red outfits. Left archer is shooting along a path that has the letters of "TARGET" each on a colored wink, and at the right is an archery target. "TIDDLYWINKS" in pale yellow with merged outline at bottom. Large tree at upper left with several people dressed in green. Main background is a grassy area.

The logo appears below the "TA": "A" (in red) over "Berwick" (in green) over "Game" (in red) in an Old English font on a yellow scroll.

2 sides: Scene with archers at target at right, multiple large winks in the middle, and other archers at left. Other 2 sides: Archers at right shooting, winks in the middle, and target at the left.

The box bottom build-up has a hole (1/2" in diameter) at center into which the cup is placed. From the center outward are concentric circles with segments marked with point numbers. The inner loop has 8 areas, each marked "10" (white with black outline and shadow), alternating on a red and purple background. The next loop outside has 8 areas, it is marked "5" (white with black outline and shadow), alternating on a yellow and blue background. The outside corners have 8 areas, each marked "2" (white with black outline and shadow) on a red background.

Yellow cup (1 3/4" top diameter, 1 1/8" bottom diameter, 1 1/2" tall, concave side, with a thicker lip at the top. "BERWICK'S TOY CO. LTD." appears on the bottom of the pot. The pot appears to be injection-molded.

One copy of this game contains the following squidgers and winks:

Plastic squidgers (1" in diameter) with burrs: 3 black.

Plastic winks (5/8") with burrs: 6 semitransparent yellow, 2 yellow, 5 green, 6 red (including one not round), 4 bright blue, 3 deep blue, 1 black, 1 white (broken); (7/16"): 1 yellow.